{"id":1451,"date":"2025-12-17T02:41:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/?p=1451"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:44:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:44:01","slug":"mission-college-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/fall-2025\/mission-college-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission College Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>Getting educated has never been so hard<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Mission College Admission<\/em> is a <strong>competitive board game<\/strong> that aims to teach players about the <strong>college admissions process<\/strong>. Players will create a character with randomized traits (income level, parents\u2019 educational level, etc.) that result in inherent advantages and disadvantages that contribute to their progress on the board. For instance, having an upper-class background may grant you an advantage in being able to afford a tutor for the SAT\/ACT. Players will navigate their senior year of high school, balancing their arrangement of classes, standardized testing, extracurricular activities, jobs, and other unexpected circumstances as they try to get into the best possible college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After playing, we want players to think, \u201cIs the game fair?\u201d which translates to &#8220;Is our current college admissions process fair?&#8221; <em>Mission College Admission<\/em> is meant for <strong>2-6 players<\/strong> and takes anywhere between <strong>45-90 minutes<\/strong> to play. Our target audience is people looking to get into college or wanting to learn more about college admissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Created by <strong>Tighe Duggan, Ella Rosenson, and Marian Cazares<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mission-College-Admission-Rule-Book-3.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mission-College-Admission-Rule-Book-3.pdf\">Rule Book<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mission-College-Admission-Rule-Book-5.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Mission College Admission Rule Book.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-31cc555e-a44a-49d4-8144-90b02c1e7a00\" href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mission-College-Admission-Rule-Book-5.pdf\">Mission College Admission Rule Book<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mission-College-Admission-Rule-Book-5.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-31cc555e-a44a-49d4-8144-90b02c1e7a00\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST-210-MCA-Materials-1.pdf\">Materials<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST-210-MCA-Materials-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of EDST 210 MCA Materials.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f37ddebd-c07f-4ab0-a786-b90bab519806\" href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST-210-MCA-Materials-1.pdf\">EDST 210 MCA Materials<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST-210-MCA-Materials-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f37ddebd-c07f-4ab0-a786-b90bab519806\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST-210-MCA-Materials-1.pdf\">Presentation<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST210-Mission_-College-Admission-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of EDST210 Mission_ College Admission.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0cab9839-537c-4967-b71a-775bbdc50f90\" href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST210-Mission_-College-Admission-1.pdf\">EDST210 Mission_ College Admission<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/camillazamboni.wescreates.wesleyan.edu\/egl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/EDST210-Mission_-College-Admission-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0cab9839-537c-4967-b71a-775bbdc50f90\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Getting educated has never been so hard.&#8221; Mission College Admission is a competitive board game that aims to teach players about the college admissions process. 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